Silicone and fishing weight in the stock
Has anyone ever heard of this? My father in law was telling me about something he heard about people taking their hollow synthetic stocks and squirting some silicone in the hollow part and and a fishing weight in the middle of the silicone giving the the gun a little more weight and the lead weight would be a a bit of a shock absorber. What do you guys think
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No thoughts on this? It makes sense to me but I don't wanna ruin my stock so was thinking of lining the stock with a plastic bag first
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So the weight is common but what about the silicone
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Do you guys think the weight suspended in silicone would be more effective then a dead weight like epoxy or sand. I would think silicone would absorb more energy then a dead weight
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Found these while searching it says to epoxy them to the side of the stock and use spray flame to fill the rest of the cavity
http://www.edwardsrecoilreducer.com/
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I'm no expert but have looked into brakes and they are expensive and even more expensive to have installed. I bought this rifle for long range hunting and can handle the recoil but if I can reduce recoil and give the rifle better balance for under $10 then why not
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physics? I haven't taking any
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I bought the 300 for long range public hunting. My marlin 30-30 is my go to rifle for under 200yrds
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I ended up packing a couple sheets of paper in the stock, a tube of silicone, a couple 2.5 oz weights then about 1/4 of the styrofoam that came in there to begin with. I'll let you guys know sat how much difference it made